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Verse and interpretation (17)
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A verse and its Tafsir.
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Allah the Exalted says:
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“Who hoard their wealth and enjoin avarice on others, and hide that which Allah hath bestowed upon them of His bounty. For disbelievers We prepare a shameful doom;” (4:37)
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Ibn Kathir, may Allah have mercy on him, said:
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Stinginess is a denial of the blessings of Allah.
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It neither appears upon a person nor is it evident,
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Neither in his food nor in his clothing,
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Nor in his giving and his generosity.
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Just as the Exalted says:
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"Indeed, mankind is, to his Lord, ungrateful."
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“And lo! he is a witness unto that;” (100:7)
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Meaning, through his state and his characteristics.
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For the stingy person conceals the blessing of Allah, hides it, and denies it.
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Thus, he is ungrateful for the blessings.